天摇地转

tiān yáo dì zhuǎn

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Definitions

1. lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves
2. momentous changes are underway (idiom)

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Child Words of 天摇地转

• 地 地 de: -ly
• 地 地 dì: earth
• 天 天 tiān: day
• 摇 摇 yáo: to shake
• 转 转 zhuǎi: see 轉文|转文[zhuǎi wén]
• 转 转 zhuǎn: to turn
• 转 转 zhuàn: to revolve